Thursday, April 12, 2007

Taming of the Giraffes

In my opinion, the reason the San Diego Zoo is "World Famous" is because of the Wild Animal Park. For those who don't know, it's an incredibly cool park with a massive valley area where many animals roam together "free-ish" (unlike most zoos with their small, separate enclosures). One of the opportunities available to visitors is a photo safari, which I highly recommend. Where else in San Diego can you get up close and feed a pack of hungry giraffes? (who I discovered really are quite nosey & pushy things after all!)

Thanks, everyone. :) Yep, we were actually feeding them when this photo was taken (acacia leaves, if I remember correctly). They came up to the truck to get the treats. It's safe, but you aren't allowed to touch the giraffes on the head because of the risk that they'll use their heads as battering rams and smack you about. We got to feed both giraffes and rhinos on the trip (rhinos got apple slices).